Terrierman

Glad you are able to do that.

We brought home something like 50 pounds of blue cat filets. Set out 20 jug lines Friday night and Saturday night. Live bait. It was on.

Dogpatch is a creepy place that has potential. A Johnny Morris / BPS specialty is dealing with what others won't and then making it work. Branson Creek is a prime example. So is Ozark Mill. Moved a historic bridge and saved the County Commission's rear end, not to mention saving the mill itself.. Will wind up bringing more business to downtown Ozark, which in the end will be a good thing.

There's hair all over it! Yuck.

I don't understand why you don't want someone to field dress their deer. It's really not all that difficult to master.

Says the guy who gives more how to fix something advice on here than anybody. 😁

I totally lucked into it. First night there headed to our condo and hungry from a day traveling and not eating. Spied a place called "The Fish House" in Key Largo so in we went. Waitress told me it was featured on Diners, Drive in and Dives. Not always available but they had it so I ordered it. Best meal of the trip.

No time like the present to give them a decent knife and share some knowledge. Maybe they'll want to learn and take some pride in a new found life skill.

For a man of your means, livescope is not out of reach. And from what I read and hear, it's the ultimate in finding and catching crappie day in and day out.

love a good ratatouillie!

Ever had hogfish or triple tail snapper? They are both top shelf too. Had them both on the trip to the Keys.

Well guess what.... That same log is blooming again. I killed another big walmart bag of fresh oysters. Plenty to share with the neighbors and there's a rumor my buddy got a boatload of Crappie the other day on Truman. Whatever shall we do? Bless these lately rains!

And as for what's cooking... a cool rainy fall day. So beans and cornbread. A Burger shank and some country ham pieces, pound of great northern beans, a sweet onion and some carrots. It's smelling pretty good around here right now. Cornbread is a package of Jiffy, add a tablespoon of honey and a tablespoon of chopped pickled jalapeno's. Cooked up with a crispy crust top and bottom in a preheated and oiled #5 Made in USA Wagner skillet. The jiffy box says bake at 400. 415 works better for me. For when it's ready, I opened the next to the last jar of tomato relish from a couple of years ago. Think chili sauce with a richer spicier (not hot) profile. Gonna be a good supper.

Never ate a puffer. Good to know though.

Triggerfish are top shelf for table fare. Way way better than redfish if you ask me and no I'm not joking. Another often overlooked excellent and I mean five star table fish is sheepshead. Just don't let them bite you or try to put a stringer anywhere other than through their eyes. They'll bite through that stringer in no time and be gone like a wild goose.

It's hard for me to think it would ever (and that's a long, long, real long time) be OK for any live - as in real loaded ammunition - to be allowed on a movie set. Any movie set anywhere. Much less a western or a cop movie or a gangbanger movie etc.- where prop guns are going to be in use. Somebody needs to and probably will go to jail.

I watched a young buck chase what I assume was an egg laden doe across the pasture out back earlier tonight if that counts for anything.🤓

I had astigmatism and wore no line trifocals and sometimes contacts. Hated them all. Contacts were not comfortable and even with the flexible frame good lenses glasses I still had issues with comfort and worst of all - sweat dripping on the glasses from April through October anytime I did anything physical. Lasik now maybe 14 or 15 years ago was the best thing I ever did for vision. Wear readers for close work but at distance I've still got better than 20-20 vision. No glare/flares night driving and shooting is just fine with no glasses. I have a pair of dark gray Maui Jim's and a pair of amber Costa's. Perfect for driving and fishing. Phil, if you're a lasik candidate, in the long run it will save you a lot of money. And the surgery is nothing. Take a valium, lay down for about ten minutes total, put up with one day of sore eyes and then after that reap the rewards.

I've got a pair of Amber Costa's that I like for cloudy days. Polarized glass lenses. Not cheap but you can sure see fish with them. And not squint.

I'd have to side with your wife on this one. Plus you take hydrocodone every 4 hours. Wonder what the cops would have to say about that if you were in an accident? Your fault or not, it would not go well would be my guess. We all wish you the best, but on this one, nope, no driving.

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Not factory work except a brief time in college. My family has a long history of orthopedic problems and arthritis. I lay most of it on to bad genetics. Nearly all of my cousins also have a prosthetic joint or two. I did do a lot of hard physical work when I was younger, but in my later years it was mostly all management.

Long ago and far away I worked for Missouri State Parks. Been to every park and historic site in the state. Most of them multi times. Hawn State Park is so underappreciated. It's just beautiful.

Plus it's really pretty country. If I remember correctly, Elephant Rocks is handicap accessible for a lot of the park.

This thread is not headed in a good direction.